Pakdokter's last visit to Bali in June 2009, coincided with pakdokter's 58th birthday. It looks like the upcoming tour of Bali for the 3rd Edition of the Staroba-Koba Invitation 2011 will almost co-incide with pakdokter's 60th birthday. How time flies.......
Scrolling through old pictures, pakdokter had then stayed at Tembok, the YTL's Resort on the northern coast of the island. This small boutique hotel was a pleasant retreat away from the maddening crowd.
Pakdokter had also gone around looking at several 'villas' for sale and almost took hold of one if the owner then had accepted pakdokter's price. To her loss, and perhaps to pakdokter's good luck, the sale did not go through, and, 2 or 3 months later the world suffered the sub-prime financial meltdown!
The property agent came back to pakdokter with a slight discount but pakdokter did not take the bait. Interestingly, just 2 months ago the same British estate agent had emailed to pakdokter describing how exciting things are in Bali now with so many new developments coming up which had drawn so many worldwide interests. He painted a very 'bullish' picture of the real-estate scene in Bali but at the same time told pakdokter that the property which pakdokter had offered to buy is still available at a price below what pakdokter then offered!
Susah nak faham the 'logic'.........
Anyway, perhaps this would be an opportunity to go 'smelling' around......
the YTL Resort, Tembok, was small and intimateisolated and away from the crowd
a great place to rejuvenate....
the 'kecak' dance was showcased during the garden dinner party...
Tembok offered a complete range of 'spa' treatmentto pamper one's tired body.....
pakdokter nearly became an owner of this villa..... 
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